Abstract: Methods and systems are provided that may be used to determine a whether an image contains spam. In one particular embodiment, an image is transformed and spam is detected based on such a transformed image.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 19, 2008
Publication date:
June 24, 2010
Applicant:
Yahoo! Inc., a Delaware corporation
Inventors:
Sriram J. Sathish, Srinivasan H. Sengamedu
Abstract: The present embodiments provide methods, apparatuses, systems, architectures, computer readable medium, and processes for use in notifying users of other users' transaction ratings. Some embodiments provide a method for use in facilitating transactions between users. This method determines that a first user is interested in entering into a transaction with a second user, determines a summary rating of the second user, and notifies the first user of the second user's summary rating prior to the first user entering into a transaction with the second user. The method can further determine that the second user's summary rating is below a first threshold, generate the notification to the first user to review the second users summary rating, and implement the notification of the first user when the second user's summary rating is below the first threshold. In some embodiments, the method notifies the first user by displaying a warning box.
Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus, system and method for use in generating and maintaining an electronic address book. The address book is generated and maintained by searching through archives of e-mails for e-mail addresses, evaluating the e-mail addresses based on criteria, and adding the e-mail addresses to an address book if the criteria is satisfied. In some embodiments, the address book is generating and maintaining by accessing an archive, searching the archive for the e-mail addresses, retrieving e-mail addresses, applying criteria to retrieved e-mail addresses, and adding addresses to an electronic address book if the criteria is met. The apparatus for use in establishing and updating an electronic address book includes means for scanning an archive and retrieving e-mail addresses, means for filtering the e-mail addresses if a criterion is met, and means for adding the e-mail addresses to the address book.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 21, 2003
Publication date:
September 23, 2004
Applicant:
Yahoo! Inc. a Delaware corporation
Inventors:
Brian T. Kobashikawa, Brooke A. Thompson, Gitanjali Bhatia, Pauli Wang, Ryan K. Miller